*delbaną

Runic: ᛞᛖᛚᛒᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈdel.βɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 3

Meanings

to dig, hollow out

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰelbʰ-e/o- from root *dʰelbʰ- (‘to dig’). Cognate with Lithuanian delbti (‘to cast down; drop; beat, strike’).

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	delbō	delbaų	–
2nd singular	dilbizi	delbaiz	delb
3rd singular	dilbidi	delbai	delbadau
1st dual	delbōz	delbaiw	–
2nd dual	delbadiz	delbaidiz	delbadiz
1st plural	delbamaz	delbaim	–
2nd plural	dilbid	delbaid	dilbid
3rd plural	delbandi	delbain	delbandau

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
delbaną	delbandz	dulbanaz

*delban (Proto-West Germanic)
- *delvan (Old Dutch)
  - delven (Middle Dutch)
    - delve (Limburgish)
*delban (Proto-West Germanic)
- *delvan (Old Dutch)
  - delven (Middle Dutch)
    - delven (Dutch)
      - delf, delwe (Afrikaans)
*delban (Proto-West Germanic)
- delfan (Old English)
  - delven (Middle English)
    - delve (English)
    - delve (Scots)
*delban (Proto-West Germanic)
- delva (Old Frisian)
  - dolle (West Frisian)
*delban (Proto-West Germanic)
- *telpan, *telban (Old High German)
  - tëlben, dëlben (Middle High German)
    - delben, telben (German)
*delban (Proto-West Germanic)
- *delvan (Old Saxon)
  - delven (Middle Low German)
    - dölven (Low German)